Vue d'ensemble
As managers ascend into middle leadership, their focus must shift from tactical oversight to strategic alignment.
In this era of digital transformation, these leaders serve as the vital bridge between executive vision and operational execution. While new managers focus on the transition from individual contributor to supervisor, middle managers must master the art of leading through others and managing complex organizational ecosystems.
The challenge lies in navigating the “sandwich effect”—balancing the pressures of top-down strategy with the realities of frontline capacity. To succeed, middle managers must evolve into change agents who foster departmental agility while maintaining cross-functional synergy. Key priorities include bidirectional influence, systemic problem-solving, and the orchestration of diverse talent pools.
Ultimately, this role requires a sophisticated identity shift: moving beyond personal productivity to drive sustainable, high-impact organizational results while navigating the friction of constant, large-scale change.
Introduction
Management Development Programme (MDP) is designed for managers who wish to broaden their knowledge and understanding of critical management issues and boost their leadership skills.
This comprehensive and highly practical programme also strives to build the participants’ personal skills in order to enable them to achieve tangible improvements in staff performance and significant performance in their units within their organisations.
The interactive learning experience allows functional managers to step back from their day-to-day responsibilities, re-assess their views on the current business environment, refine their judgement and enhance their skills set for effective team leadership.
Objectif du programme
This programme aims to provide the opportunity to refocus and immerse yourself in the latest thinking about best practice in management and provide you with personal and professional tools to strengthen your effectiveness as a manager and leader.
Why Study MDP at SBS?
The programme is designed for individuals who will assume the cross-functional responsibilities of company leadership.
It presents an integrated view of the fundamentals of management.
Leveraging on advanced strategies and techniques, participants will learn how to excel in decision-making, execution, and leadership.
Principaux domaines d'action
Dans ce programme, nous nous concentrons sur le développement d'aptitudes et de compétences dans les domaines suivants :
- Effective Strategy Execution
- Gestion du changement
- Drive Results Throughout the Organization
- L'innovation portée par la société
- Gestion des performances
- Implementing Inclusive Strategies
- Analysis of Business Problems
- Accounting Framework
- Organizational Communication
- Operations Excellence
- Éthique des affaires
- Developing Winning Business proposals
Caractéristiques spéciales
- le réseautage professionnel résultant de l'interaction avec des participants de haut niveau et des professeurs qui partagent des perspectives différentes sur les idées et les problèmes des entreprises
- Une chance à vie d'être un ancien élève de la SBS à l'issue du programme, ce qui vous donne accès aux fréquents événements et forums d'apprentissage de haut niveau de la SBS.
- Le programme est structuré selon un format modulaire de trois modules de trois jours répartis sur une période de six mois afin de s'adapter à l'emploi du temps chargé des participants.
- Coaching individuel avec des coachs exécutifs expérimentés et certifiés au niveau international
Participants cibles
This programme is ideal for (but not limited to) functional heads and managers being groomed for senior, strategic positions.
We shall consider participants on a first-come basis.
Once the class is full, other applicants will be admitted to next year’s class.
Résultats clés de l'apprentissage
By the end of the programme, you should be able to:
- familiarize yourself with the organisational context of management
- have a strong understanding of organisational systems, their dimensions, life cycle and culture
- acquire the knowledge and skills and how your role is key for effective management in organisations
- gain a new awareness of what your operational and leadership strengths are
- understand and work with your own leadership style
- strengthen core operational skills like project management, marketing, communications, finance – as well as critical thinking and problem-solving
- have built a strong character for responsible leadership – through corporate social responsibility and triple bottom line (people, planet, profits)
- develop concrete action plans with the guidance of expert faculty and executive coaches
- gain new insights from other industries – helps you approach your own challenges with greater creativity and broader perspectives
Exécution du programme
The programme consists of 3 modules spread over a 6-month period each module consists of 3 full days both physical and virtual or Hybrid)
In between the modules, participants will be in contact with a professional business coach for purposes of executing your Leadership Project.
This unique programme structure allows participants to broaden their knowledge in an intensive learning environment while putting into practice the learning skill and knowledge acquired in the modules.
The programme mostly employs the case methodology as one of the learning techniques; this gives participants a chance to analyze real business scenarios as they immerse themselves in the various contemporary business challenges.
Cela s'ajoutera à diverses simulations en classe, à des vidéos, à des conférences stimulantes données par nos principaux professeurs et à des discussions éclairantes en groupe et en classe par les autres participants.
Faculté
Le corps professoral a été soigneusement sélectionné pour répondre aux exigences spécifiques et aux domaines du programme, tout en apportant sa riche expérience dans ces domaines.
Le corps enseignant est composé de professeurs et d'experts de l'industrie de renommée locale et internationale.
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Détails clés
2026 Dates :
- Module 1 : 6 – 8 May | Kampala, Uganda
- Module 2 : 22 – 24 July | Virtual
- Module 3 : 14 – 18 September | Nairobi, Kenya at Strathmore Business School
Cost: USD 3,000
Contacts
For more information on the programme and the application process,
please write to:
- SGI-Uganda Admissions Team: sbsuganda@strathmore.edu ou
- Cedric: ckigoonya@strathmore.edu/ or call +256 (0) 703 611 100.
- Office: +256 326 100 500
Témoignage
“Through the various course units, we’ve done, it has helped me either affirm what I knew or opened up my understanding in other areas. I enjoyed the various personalities that were brought in the faculty, each with their unique way of delivery.”